Slidable and collapsible clothes-pin bag.



O. E. HINMAN. SLIDABLE AND GOLLAPSIBLE CLOTHES PIN BAG.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 17.1907

Patented Dec. 15, 1908 "ill liiTED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

CHARLES E. HINMAN,

OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOSEPH ABRAMSON ANDONE-HALF TO E. PILL, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

SLIDABLE AND COLLAPSIIBLE CLOTHES-PIN 13AG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Application filed October 11, 1907. Serial No. 397,785.

To all whom it may camera:

Bo it known that I, CHAnLrs E. HINMA'N, a citizen of the United States,residing at Council Blutts, in the county of Pottawattamic and State ofIowa, have invcntedcertain new and useful Improiements in SlidableCollapsible Clothes-Pin Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'improvements in slidable nd collapsibleclothes-pin bags and is designed for use in connection withclotheslaundcrin The ob ect of the invention is the provision of a bagmade of any suitable "fabric or material and of a size to contain asuitable quantity of clothes pins, said bag to be sustained andconveniently slidable upon a taut clothes line, and which may be readilyplaced upon or removed from the line; also the provision of means formaking a convenient closure of the bag or receptacle.

The invention has reference to the employment oi flexible supportingstrands, the

use oi which permits the bag to be inclined or t led while hanging uponthe clothes hr while placing clothes pins therein, and

to the employment of a sliding-plate, the use of which causes the chainsor supporting-strands to be held oppositely-disposed and preventstwisting of the strands.

The device is intended more particularly for use in connection with thework of gathering the linen'froin the line, and at that time it isplaced operatively upon the line and is slidable thereon, for use inplacing clothes-pins therein.

The invention consists of the combination and arrangements of parts asfully described herein, pointed out by the claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, where- 111,-

Figure-1 is a. vertical side view of the in-, vention. Fig. 2 is an endview of the aperturcd sliding-plate, the clothes line being in sectionand showing a part of a chain or strand thereon. Fig. 3 is a broken awayvertical figure, showing a part of the clothespin bag sectionedlengthwise to illustrate the employment of exterior rivets, and mannerof constructing the upper end of the bag.

-Referring to the dIitWlIl" for a more particular description, numerzil1 indicates a receptacle or bag, 2 its upper open end and 9 its body,the lower part of body 9, preferably, having the inserted end part 3.The

bag differs from the ordinary construction only so far as the partsabout its upper edge is concerned The material forming the upper edge11, is turned outwardly, as at 21, and extended downwardly to form apart of a reinforcing fold 4c, and is then turned inwardly and extendedupwardly as at '22 to pass between the body of the bag and theoutwardly-turned part 21, and a seam 6 is employed by stitching adjacentthe rim or edge 11,, the thread traversing extended part and therebyforming the upper fold or loop 23 which defines the upper edge 11already mentioned; the end 5 of the material preferably terminateswithin the upper fold 23, and by this construction a firm and durablewearing edge is obtained, the principal object, however, being toprovide a smooth inner surface for the receptacle, and to protect thissurface from exterior rivets 8 and metal parts hereafter described.

I employ the lazy-tongs 7 which encircles the upper end of the bag, andis secured thereto by the series of rivets 8, said rivet-s traversingreinforcing fold 4 as well as the upper end of each tong member 10, andby this construction the series of rivets 8 does not obtrude upon theinner surface of the bag, and this is important to prevent abrasion orinjury to the hand or arm of the operator. As thus constructed the u perrim 11 of the bag, from manipulation o the lazy tongs may be made toassume a circular form of 'reater or lesser diameters, as desired, andat opposite sides of rim 11 is socured, as by means of rivets 12, theends of supporting-strands 13. Strands 13 are employed asoppositely-disposed pairs 14: and 15, and while shown in the drawing aschains, may be of any flexible material.

I employ the striding-member or slidin plate 17 having an elongated,curved holding flange 18, with openings 19 formed at the ends of itsbroad base 20, and in order that a suitable space may intervene betweenopenings 19, the end-walls 21 of the base are formcd downwardlydivergent from the curved holding-flange. Each of pairs 14: and 15 ofthe supporting-strands pass through openings 19, and the device may beused 1n connection with clothes-line 16, the curved flange 18 beingseated thereon, and the sliding-plate together with the bag may -be body9, the outwardly-turned part 21 and the upwardlyto allow a seating uponthe line, which, in-

connection with the spaced openings 19',

' operate to prevent twisting of the supporting-strands and consequentrotative movement of the bag, whlleupon the line;

, Having fully described the'parts, operation of the device will bereadily understood without further explanation. It is intended thatclothes pins may be placed in the bag whilethe latter is upon theclothes-line at time of removal of linen or clothes from the line, andplate 17 may be moved manually along the line as the clothes areremoved; when depositing the pins, the bag may be inclined or tiltedforwardly, since strands 13 readily slide-throu h the openings of thesliding-plate. The device is very convenient .for the purposesdesigned,and after the clothes-p ns have been deposited in the bag,

rim-'11 maybe closed by compressing the lazy tongs, at time of removalfrom the clothes-line. The invention is equally usefulwhilehangingclothes upon a clothes line,

' In a device of the character described. the

combination with a bag comprising a body portion the upper edge of whichis first turned outwardly and downwardly and then inwardly and upwardlyand secured to the body portion adjacent said upper edge to thereby forman exterior depending portion, of a compression and expansion membersurronnding said bag the upper end of said member lyingbetween thedepending por tion and the body portion of the bag and being secured tothe former, a pair of strands having their ends secured to said bag, anda .member adapted to embrace and slide upon a clothes line, said membercomprising a, curved elongated flange and a base portion havingtransverse recesses formed therein in which the bight'portions of thestrands freely slide; Y

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

v CHARLES E. HINMAN. Witnesses: v

HIRAM A; S'rUReEs, M, D. GARR.

